Mural@Praia Brava. 2018

Always a pleasure to paint at home.

Did this wall in my hometown in between projects back in March, 2018

Mural@Itatiaia, Brazil

When visiting Minas Gerias earlier in 2018 I had the pleasure of meeting the good people from the gallery Quarto Amado / Instituto Amado and they invited me to come and paint in a village up the mountais called Itataia in Ouro Branco, Brazil.

The village, home to the kindest people and the most lovely kids, is one of the most beautiful places I’ve been too. Despite the rain, the waterfalls and the woods were majestic and awe inspiring, and painting there was an experience I’ll never forget.

Bailon + Urban Nation @Juxtapoz Clubhouse. Miami Art Basel 2017

During the Miami Art Basel week Juxtapoz Magazine, in partnership with Adidas Skateboarding, took over a 3-story department store with art installations, activations, murals, site-specific projects and a special adidas Showcase. I had the honor of being invited by Urban Nation to come and paint a large panel for this show alongside the amazingly talented Mimi Scholz, Insane 51 and Nuno Viegas. Good times!

Galo do Mocho @Quinta do Mocho. Loures, Portugal 2017

Inspired by two strong symbols of Portuguese popular culture, The Rooster of Barcelos and the Portuguese tiles, I created this new mural for the amazing people from Quinta do Mocho. The rooster announces the sunrise symbolizing the end of the darkness and that's a better day is about to come. It's also related to courage and wisdom. Ah! And according do the Chinese this is the year of the Rooster :)

Muito obrigado pelo convite, Associcero e Loures Arte Pública.

SeaWalls: Murals for Oceans @Cancún, Mexico

"The Longline in between"

Longline fishing is a commercial fishing technique. It uses a long line, called the main line, with baited hooks attached at intervals by means of branch lines called snoods.This fishing technique is quite controversial because of bycatch, fish caught while seeking another species or immature juveniles of the target species. This can cause many issues, such as the killing of many other marine animals while seeking certain commercial fish. Seabirds can be particularly vulnerable during the setting of the line.As my work has been heavily focused on birds in the past years I decided to use a pelican as the key element of this mural. While this pelican is already trapped in the longline others are about to face the same destiny as they're getting prepared to dive into the ocean. Besides seabirds and fish, longline fishing also victimizes other sea species such as dolphins, sharks and turtles, also depicted in the bottom of the mural getting attracted by the baited hooks.The cables in front of the wall were incorporated to the artwork representing more fishing lines in the foreground, the heavy human intervention in the natural food chain and the consequently lack of sustainability in certain fishing techniques.

Thanks for all the support Pangeaseed and Proyecto Panorama!

CMMNTY Headquarters @Cambridge, UK. 2017

Mural in collaboration with Mr. Zadok for CMMNTY in Cambridge.

Mural @Shindigger. Manchester, UK. 2017

Photos: Adam Riozzi and Andrew Morris

The Guardian of Didsbury

In 2015 I had the pleasure of coming to MCR and painting one of the most important murals I've ever done. The Guardian of Ancoats became a landmark in Manchester but sadly this year the building was demolished. Thanks to Rob and Kath from TMLF I came back to "relocate" the Guardian painting this big fellow now nesting in Didsbury.